: : Ride a cock-horse
to Banbury Cross,
: : To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
: : Rings
on her fingers and bells on her toes,
: : And she shall have music whenever
she goes.
: : --Gammer Gurton's Garland, 1784.

: FYI: "pull the other one,"
which is common enough in the UK, is almost never heard in the US.

On the other
hand (sorry, couldn't resist), "you are pulling my leg" (telling me a tall one,
a teasing lie) is common in the US.